[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK recruiting for a new Chair of Trustees

[Stevie Benton]

I agree. Experience cautions against expectations of perfection as our
hopes and dreams often become victims of cold reality. I think it is our
friend Katie who says that experience is a good school, but one for which
the fees are high. She is proven to be correct, time and time again.

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:36 PM Chris Keating 
wrote:

>
> I really didn't want to get involved in this, but I'm impulsive. However,
>> my impulsiveness and my prudence have agreed that all I will do is
>> acknowledge that, yes, the Chair of any charity is a special role with
>> special responsibilities.I encourage members to think about that.
>>
>
> Yes, that's true. Though so far in Wikimedia UK's history, we've always
> trusted the Board to appoint a Chair who's effective in the post. It's
> mainly worked pretty well, and I have a lot of confidence in the current
> Board to find someone good.
>
> However, it is worth thinking about what happens if someone turns out to
> be a poor Chair. In which case, it's a simple matter for the Board to
> remove them - there only needs to be a majority vote in a board meeting. Or
> more likely, they'll quickly get the message and resign before they're
> sacked.
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK recruiting for a new Chair of Trustees

[Stevie Benton]

I really didn't want to get involved in this, but I'm impulsive. However,
my impulsiveness and my prudence have agreed that all I will do is
acknowledge that, yes, the Chair of any charity is a special role with
special responsibilities.I encourage members to think about that.

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:01 PM Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Just to note that "Co-opted directors are not lesser, inferior, or less
>> capable than elected board members or hold any less of a mandate, nor
>> should they be perceived to be" is an opinion rather than fact.
>>
>
> Not really. It's a fact that nothing in the Wikimedia UK constitution,
> Charity Commission guidance, or the law differentiates the roles of
> trustees who are elected or appointed.
>
>
>> Elections exist for the express purpose of providing a mandate.
>>
>
> Again, according to the articles of association, elections exist for the
> express purpose of selecting trustees. There is no concept of a 'mandate'
> in charity law.
>
>
>>  The change is worthy of discussion among the trustees
>>
>
> I imagine they have discussed the matter, though that is pure supposition
> on my part.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Wikimedia UK recruiting for a new Chair of Trustees

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Lucy,

Thanks for sharing. I just wanted to take the time to thank Nick for his
many years of service. His commitment to open knowledge is especially clear
to anyone who follows him on Twitter, as I do. His passion and enthusiasm
are admirable, his knowledge fearsome. Thank you, Mr Poole. Good luck on
the next part of your journey.

Best wishes,

Stevie

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 7:27 PM Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Fae
>
> Thanks for your email. I think you are almost certainly right, and that
> this is the first time that the Chair has been recruited externally -
> although it's quite common practice in the voluntary sector more generally.
> It is very possible that one of the existing trustees may become the Chair.
> However we are casting the net wide in order to reach the biggest pool of
> potential candidates with the skills and experience outlined in the person
> specification, and bearing in mind advice regarding best practice in
> trustee recruitment to ensure a diverse board.
>
> The charity's Articles allow for seven elected directors and three who are
> co-opted (with the provision to co-opt a fourth trustee if it is deemed
> necessary to get the right balance of skills and experience on the board).
> We currently have seven elected trustees and two co-opted trustees (the
> latter two being our Treasurer and the Chair of the Audit and Risk
> Committee).
>
> Although I have been working broadly on the basis that the board would
> co-opt the person recommended by the recruitment panel, this doesn't
> necessarily have to be the case. The timing of the recruitment process,
> with interviews scheduled for mid-June, means that if necessary the
> preferred candidate could stand for the trustee elections at this year's
> AGM. To clarify (for others reading this email, as I'm sure you're aware),
> the appointment of trustee roles such as the Chair, Treasurer etc is for
> the board to decide, rather than the full membership.
>
> Your email implies that the charity's constitution specifies that officer
> roles on the board have to be elected trustees. I can't find anything to
> that effect although it's entirely possible that I've missed it! In which
> case, we will need to revise our process/plans accordingly.
>
> As I said in my email, I would encourage all members and volunteers to
> think about applying, if you meet the criteria. Please don't be put off by
> the open recruitment process as I know that the panel, and other members of
> the board, highly value community experience.
>
> Best wishes
> Lucy
>
>
> On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 18:14, Fæ  wrote:
>
>> Could you confirm this is the first time that the Chair of Wikimedia UK
>> has been externally recruited rather than the role filled after being
>> elected by the charity members as a trustee?
>>
>> Has the process for searching for "role" trustees and electing them
>> changed, and the charity's articles been amended and published accordingly?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fae
>>
>> On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 16:52, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
>> lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> Our excellent Chair of Trustees, Nick Poole, will be stepping down at
>>> the AGM in July after six years as a trustee (which is the maximum term)
>>> and just over a year as Chair. We are therefore recruiting for a new Chair,
>>> and are advertising the role externally as well as promoting the
>>> opportunity amongst our existing trustees, committee members, volunteers
>>> and wider networks.
>>>
>>> *Please do consider whether this might be the right opportunity for you*.
>>> If so, do feel free to contact our Communications and Governance
>>> Co-ordinator Katie on katie.cramp...@wikimedia.org.uk to arrange an
>>> informal conversation about the role. If not, we would be very grateful if
>>> you could help us to promote the role by circulating it amongst your own
>>> networks. Katie will be promoting the opportunity on social media so if
>>> you follow us there, please do share/retweet etc.
>>>
>>> The ideal candidate might come from a wide range of professional
>>> backgrounds but will have a good understanding of charity governance, the
>>> skills and experience to run productive meetings, and a collegiate,
>>> collaborative approach in keeping with the ethos of the Wikimedia movement.
>>> They will also bring a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
>>> and understand how important this is to an organisation like Wikimedia UK.
>>> It goes without saying that they will need to be passionate about open
>>> knowledge and understand the importance and value of Wikipedia and the
>>> other Wikimedia projects.
>>> To see the role description and/or download the recruitment pack, please
>>> go here:
>>>
>>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Chair_of_the_Board_of_Trustees
>>>
>>> The deadline is Sunday 6th June and interviews are likely to be on 14th
>>> June.
>>>
>>> Thanks and best wishes
>>> Lucy
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Brian McNeil

[Stevie Benton]

This is awful news. I don't use Facebook these days so I hadn't heard. I
remember going to Edinburgh to do a talk years ago and spending some time
with Brian. He had a wicked sense of humour and was passionate about social
justice. And interesting taste in hats. He'll be missed.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 11:10 AM Mike Peel  wrote:

>  From his non-wiki friends on Facebook, apparently he passed suddenly on
> the 4th July. He was due to start cancer treatment shortly after then.
> Possibly he had COVID, but it is not clear.
>
> RIP.
>
> Mike
>
> On 28/07/2020 10:10:44, Andy Mabbett wrote:
> > Some sad news - it seems that Brian has passed away. I'm seeing
> > tributes from a number of his friends on his Facebook page.
> >
> > Does anyone know more?
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Sadiq Khan shows support for WMUK

[Stevie Benton]

That's great he is so supportive but the way he gets treated online is
appalling.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> Sadiq Khan has tweeted in our support three times in the last 24 hours.
> It’s a shock to read the tweets he’s had in reply, though. It seems he has
> a huge number of very unpleasant followers who are there solely to attack
> him personally.
>
>
> Michael
>
> On 13 Jun 2018, at 13:27, Stevie Benton  wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> Just seen this Tweet - https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/
> 1006560526627942402 - from Sadiq Khan showing his support for the WMUK /
> Bloomberg editathon yesterday.
>
> Well done to everyone involved!
>
> Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] Sadiq Khan shows support for WMUK

[Stevie Benton]

Hello all,

Just seen this Tweet -
https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon/status/1006560526627942402 - from Sadiq
Khan showing his support for the WMUK / Bloomberg editathon yesterday.

Well done to everyone involved!

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers (John Byrne)

[Stevie Benton]

" though you are right to imply that the chapter is over-sensitive to
criticism... "

John, I must have missed that bit as I didn't see Katie imply that at all.
If anything, I think the chapter receives, and always has received, a lot
of unwarranted criticism from people who have ill-defined issues with how
it operates. Some people have always been very quick to rush to criticism
rather than gently join a conversation. Others simply have an axe to grind.

The chapter is doing a good job. Wouldn't it be nice if we heard people say
that more often?

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:49 PM, John Byrne  wrote:

> As very often in recent years, I got a notification of my post sent an
> hour or so ago, with completely blank text.  Yet Katie has clearly seen it,
> as she quotes me. Have others also got blanks? Can the rather cryptic
> instructions for replies be clarified, or is there some bug?  I get the
> digest version.  It doesn't exactly encourage people to contribute, and may
> be a factor in the much lower activity on this list in recent years. It
> never used to happen.
>
> No Katie, I don't think this has much to do with it, though you are right
> to imply that the chapter is over-sensitive to criticism...
>
> John/Johnbod
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:25:51 +0100 (BST)
> From: Charles Matthews
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
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> On 10 April 2018 at 11:41 Fæ wrote:
>
> It appears that the jump in numbers was a one-off event, there has
> been no continued growth since whatever happened.
>
>
> I don't know what happened. I did correspond with the office about a
> prompt to renew. One could simulate such a "one-off event" by simply asking
> people whose membership had lapsed to renew. I was doing this sort of thing
> for WMUK some seven years ago, so as an explanation it is not far-fetched.
>
> Charles
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>
> Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the
> chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers
> and having increased its membership numbers.
> Just a wide guess
> KTC
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> Dear Fae,
>
> My memory could be failing me, but I thought it was explained at the AGM
> that the increase was a result of asking donors to become members.
>
> It sounds like you are more interested in the 'how' of the process and the
> 'who' as you seem dissatisfied with the answer to *why* there was an
> increase. To make sure we're on the same page is that what you meant?
>
> Regards,
> Richard Nevell
>
> PS. Have you had a chance to look into the issue on Commons with the
> conflicting licence for some images from the Portable Antiquities Scheme?
> My question was archived before a reply.
>
>
> On 10 April 2018 at 11:41, Fæ wrote:
>
> Yes, at the AGM the tripling of membership numbers was explained as
> being due to an increase in members joining. No meaningful facts were
> presented to 

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers

[Stevie Benton]

Exactly what Katie says. The chapter can't win here. It gets criticised if
membership doesn't grow because some see it as a kind of failure. Then,
when the chapter grows its membership it is seen as some kind of entryist
threat. I find it particularly notable that these criticisms come from the
same quarters.

I say well done WMUK for growing the membership and encouraging more people
to get involved in the free and open movement. Good work.

Stevie

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Katie Chan  wrote:

> Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't be so wide if the
> chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its membership numbers
> and having increased its membership numbers.
>
> Just a wide guess
>
> KTC
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Imperial War Museum, meetings with Wikimedia UK

[Stevie Benton]

This is hilarious. As someone who was around at the time, all I can do is
shake my head and laugh at the inevitability of this kind of conversation.

WMUK would be ill-advised to allow a partnership of this importance to be
frittered away in this manner.

Que sera, sera. I write with no hat on other than someone who cares deeply
about open knowledge and also the chapter (well, my sun hat, but that
denotes no role other than someone daft enough to wear it indoors, in the
rain).

I think that those who were around at the time are more than aware of the
circumstances Richard refers to, and many others besides.

On 28 Jul 2017 21:01, "Fæ"  wrote:

> Could WMUK do a little research on this please?
>
> If this feedback on my correspondence with the Imperial War Museum was
> received from the IWM during meetings with employees of the charity in
> January 2013, this happened when I was a trustee on the board. I do
> not recall feedback like this getting shared with the board from the
> CEO, nor was I personally approached or informed separate from the
> board. It's the sort of thing I doubt I would forget, though I do
> recall being critical during a board meeting about any potential WMUK
> project or partnership with the IWM at that time, unless their use of
> misleading claims of copyright on public domain media changed first.
>
> As there were discussions about me, I would appreciate the notes held
> by WMUK from these meetings about a potential WMUK project being
> shared with me, even at this late stage. It seems fair that the WMUK
> CEO check the facts being made public on this list, and whether this
> feedback was shared with the board of trustees at the time.
>
> This is not a reply to Richard Symonds, for reasons known to the WMUK
> board and CEO.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
>
> On 28 July 2017 at 20:32, Richard Symonds  wrote:
> > First: I know me and you haven't got on very well in the past Fae, so I
> want
> > to underline that this email is meant in the friendliest way possible. I
> > really appreciate the work you do on Commons, and am deeply struck by the
> > passion with which you approach our shared goal. We're both on the same
> team
> > - working for free knowledge.
> >
> > That said, there's a bit of criticism - constructive, I hope. I'm not
> sure
> > if further emails like the ones at
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F%C3%A6/email/IWM would be very
> > helpful - they didn't work at the time, and clearly haven't worked in the
> > past four years, despite your tweeting. The issue the IWM had in that
> case
> > was that they didn't agree with you that it was copyfraud. The solution
> > would be a sit-down talk between professionals, that is as you say,
> "invest
> > some resources into changing their minds".
> >
> > I remember trying this with the IWM in 2013 - at the time, I was talking
> to
> > the institution about the WW1 centenary, which they were the driving
> force
> > behind. They were happy to talk, and extremely friendly, and we had
> several
> > meetings with them. However, they had issues with the emails that you
> were
> > sending to them, which they saw as rude, passive-aggressive, and
> generally
> > unhelpful. The institution didn't see them as polite correspondence, and
> it
> > made them reticent to work with Wikipedia because they didn't feel like
> they
> > could be a part of a community that spoke to people like that. I know
> that
> > to you the emails were professional and to the point, and objectively
> > correct. But to them it came across as unprofessional, and that it
> happened
> > during the run-up to the WWI centenary made it very difficult for
> Wikipedia
> > to get involved in the commemorations in any more than a passive
> capacity.
> > You redoubled your efforts after you saw the IWM refusing to change, but
> > sometimes, our passion for change - for righting the wrongs in the world
> -
> > makes us seem like fanatics to middle-managers in cultural institutions.
> > This pushed them away, and made it harder for them to understand our
> point
> > of view.
> >
> > The solution here is, as you say, friendly and professional discussions -
> > social media campaigns about it, as well as using words like "copyfraud"
> > (which invoke thoughts of criminality in the minds of the reader), are
> > counterproductive. We need to be professional and approachable,
> engendering
> > change through example, and although social media campaigns and shaming
> work
> > sometimes (and are legitimate ways of forcing change on an old
> institution),
> > we have to be careful not to go to it as a first option, especially when
> our
> > strength in WMUK is our professional connections throughout the third
> sector
> > and "GLAM" world.
> >
> > On 28 July 2017 at 18:16, Fæ  wrote:
> >>
> >> On 28 July 2017 at 17:18, John Byrne  wrote:
> >> > The BM still in effect operates a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on
> >> > photography - see
> >> >
> >> > [http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/2011-1

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [OpenGLAM] No Copyright Infringement Intended, 7th April - 21st May

[Stevie Benton]

I really recommend Antonio's work. He was part of an excellent MozFest
fringe event at Tate Britain last autumn. He brings a unique perspective to
remixing and mash-ups. His work is entertaining and insightful.

Stevie

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Definitely, thanks for sharing
>
> On 28 March 2017 at 15:14, Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>
>> This may be of interest:
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Antonio Roberts 
>> Date: 28 March 2017 at 11:31
>> Subject: [OpenGLAM] No Copyright Infringement Intended, 7th April - 21st
>> May
>> To: open-g...@lists.okfn.org
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm curating an exhibition about copyrigh taking place from 7th April
>> - 21st May at Phoenix in Leicester, UK.
>>
>> No Copyright Infringement Intended is a group exhibition exploring the
>> relationship between copyright and culture in the digital age,
>> investigating how the concept of ownership and authorship is evolving
>> and coming into conflict with outdated copyright and intellectual
>> property laws.
>>
>> The exhibition features work by Nick Briz, Emilie Gervais, Nicolas
>> Maigret, Christopher Meerdo, Jan Nikolai Nelles & Nora Al-Badri,
>> Duncan Poulton, Fernando Sosa, Andrea Wallace & Ronan Deazley. Further
>> details are here
>> http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/no-copyright-infringement-intended/
>>
>> In addition to the exhibition there will be a panel discussion,
>> Copyright as Frame and Prison on 28th April
>> http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/copyright-as-frame-and-prison/ and a
>> Curator's tour on 11th May
>> http://www.phoenix.org.uk/event/curators-tour/ , both of which are
>> free to attend.
>>
>> Let me know if there's any questions.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] East London Meetup?

[Stevie Benton]

Me too.  It's also listed on the Mozfest website as a  fringe event of the
festival.

Stevie

On 25 Oct 2016 11:32, "John Lubbock"  wrote:

> I was going to try to make it. Anybody else?
>
> On 24 October 2016 at 21:07, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Seems like this will be a null event?
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/East_London/8
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] I'm moving on!

[Stevie Benton]

Having worked with you for quite a while, I know how much you'll be missed.
You did an excellent job, sometimes in very difficult circumstances.

I think all I can really say is you made everyone's work both easier and
more enjoyable. Best of luck in the new job, but you won't need it because
I know you'll be superb at it.

Stevie

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Rex X  wrote:

> Thank you for all your work for WMUK over the last five years, Richard.
>
> I'm sure you'll find fresh friendships and new challenges in your new job,
> but
> please don't forget your old friends as you go forward.
>
> Keep in touch, and all my best wishes to you and Fi. You'll always be
> "Richard
> the First" to me.
> --
> Doug
>
>
> > On 03 August 2016 at 15:32 Richard Symonds <
> richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I've worked for Wikimedia UK since just before we hired our first Chief
> > Executive, but it's time for me to hang up my "staff" hat. At the end of
> > August, I'll be leaving Wikimedia UK for a new role - still in London,
> but
> > doing something rather different, and with a fair bit more
> responsibility.
> > Those of you who are my friends will know what this new job entails - I'd
> > ask you to keep it to yourselves. To those of you who don't, you're free
> to
> > ask me on Facebook!
> >
> > I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Wikimedia UK under both Jon and
> Lucy.
> > It's really something to see how the charity has changed over the years -
> > from a small, absurdly hopeful organisation with limitless opportunities,
> > to a larger, but more stable and more focused charity with a solid track
> > record of events and partnerships, and with what I firmly believe to now
> be
> > (post-governance-review) the best governance in the movement.
> >
> > I have full confidence in the team of staff and volunteers here to keep
> > things moving forward, even if Richard Nevell does get overly focused on
> > castles from time to time. I'll be staying on as a volunteer, of course,
> > and I will probably focus my initial efforts on sending Richard Nevell
> > pictures of castles while he's working, which I'm pretty sure counts
> > towards our metrics.
> >
> > On a more productive note, highlights of my time here include:
> >
> >- Learning to cycle in London (pictures not on Commons, although there
> >might be a video)
> >- Our "Finance and Fundraising communal pickled onion jar", relabelled
> >"pickled fox" after went on the NHM Spirits Tour (pictures not on
> Commons,
> >except perhaps in the background)
> >- The "Wikimedia UK does WLM" tour of an unlit Grade II listed
> Victorian
> >Public Convenience (pictures on Commons)
> >- Driving Katherine Bavage to despair by uploading pictures of her to
> >Commons, and only then explaining what Commons is (I await the
> inevitable
> >deletion request from someone who takes this too seriously)
> >- Participating in the Chutney Making from Waste Fruit and Vegetables
> >World Record Attempt, a World record attempt for amount of people
> making
> >chutney simultaneously (pictures not taken, too busy eating chutney)
> >- Wikimania 2014, which only those who served can *truly*
> > understand (pictures
> >on Commons, I imagine, although I tried to avoid them)
> >
> > I wish everyone at Wikimedia UK - volunteers and staff - all the best,
> > especially Daria, who now holds the crown for "longest serving staff
> > member". Working at Wikimedia UK has been an enlightening experience, but
> > also a privilege, and something which I will never forget.
> >
> > {{Template:Witty sign-off}},
> >
> > Richard Symonds
> > Wikimedia UK
> > 0207 065 0992
> >
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> > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Freedom of Panorama in Belgium

[Stevie Benton]

Hello all,

The harmonisation is back on the agenda and needs seeing off. That being
said,  I worked on the issue last spring I think it was, led by the amazing
James Heald and Owen Blacker.

We managed to draw together a consortium of fellow travellers to sign a
joint letter to The Times,  supplemented by a separate letter from
Wikimedia UK.

There should still be some resources on the wiki but if anyone needs
anything else get in touch with Dimi. He knows this inside out, and all the
players.

Also may be worth getting in touch with Ros Lynch from the IPO for the
inside track, too.

Stevie
On 17 Jun 2016 19:51, "Lucy Crompton-Reid" <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Gordon
>
> Yes, this is great!
>
> The EU consultation on harmonisation ended on Wednesday. Wikimedia UK
> responded, and also encouraged other individuals and organisations to do
> so. I'm not sure exactly what the timescale is now though in terms of any
> new policy or legislation.
>
> Cheers
> Lucy
>
> On 17 June 2016 at 19:47, Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>> http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/politiek/1.2685852
>>
>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/719440
>>
>> "Freedom of panorama has been voted today in the Belgian parliament.
>> A majority voted in favour of freedom of panorama, including commercial
>> use."
>>
>> Good news from across the Channel!
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> I thought there were moves to harmonise this issue across the EU?
>>
>> Gordo
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Passing of User:Filceolaire

[Stevie Benton]

I was really sad to see this. I met Joe a few times and he volunteered with
WMUK at events fairly frequently. I always enjoyed his company.

Joe was a very warm hearted man, kind and thoughtful. He loved to share
knowledge and I will always remember how his face would light up when
sharing the joys of Wikimedia projects with new people.

I will miss him and my thoughts are with his friends and family.

Stevie

On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Andreas Kolbe  wrote:

> That *is* sad news. I believe I only met Filceolaire once or twice at
> meet-ups, but he left an impression, and I remembered his name.
>
> I Googled him to make sure I was matching the right face to the name, and
> stumbled across his YouTube account. It said this was the last video he
> liked:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJPuu5TE3E
>
> It's kind of a Wikipedian's video, celebrating knowledge. It seemed to fit
> the man, and what he was about – and perhaps, alongside all his
> contributions to the wiki, a good way to remember him.
>
> Condolences to his friends and family.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Richard Nevell <
> richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> We've been given the sad news that Filceolaire passed away recently,
>> confirmed by his family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Filceolaire
>>
>> He's been a familiar face around Wikipedia for many years and we send our
>> condolences to those who knew him.
>>
>> Richard Nevell
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Moving on

[Stevie Benton]

Thanks everyone for your kind words. I think my subscription to this list
has only just activated but I've seen the other replies on the list archive
pages. I really appreciate your messages and I look forward to working with
you all as a volunteer in the future.

Very best wishes,

Stevie
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Thanks for all your messages to Stevie, which I will forward to his
> personal email address to make sure that he gets them. I'm sure they will
> be much appreciated.
>
> Andy, I totally understand your concern at the gap between Stevie's
> departure and the announcement, however it was agreed with Stevie that he
> would be the one to let everyone know. Plans for his replacement have been
> on hold while we were awaiting the FDC's recommendations for our annual
> grant from the Wikimedia Foundation; however I'm now hoping to advertise
> for a new Communications Co-ordinator in the new year. This post will be at
> a lower level than Stevie - mainly for financial reasons - and will have a
> slightly different emphasis. The advocacy work that Stevie was managing
> brilliantly will now be led by me, but will also involve staff from our
> programmes team as well as an advocacy working group that is being set up.
>
> I don't know specifically what your questions were about the restructure
> and clearly that took place before I joined WMUK on 7th October, however I
> can certainly try to answer these if you let me know your concerns? You're
> welcome to contact me directly on lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk, or
> via this mailing list if you'd prefer.
>
> With best wishes
> Lucy
>
> On 29 November 2015 at 23:28, Andy Mabbett 
> wrote:
>
>> On 25 November 2015 at 13:39, Stevie Benton <
>> stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
>>> to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of
>>> September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a
>>> much needed holiday.
>>
>>
>> Stevie - It has always been a pleasure to work or socialise with you, and
>> I hope to have the opportunity to do both again before too long. What's
>> your new role? Good luck with it, whatever it is.
>>
>>
>> More generally: I'm disappointed - speaking as a member and volunteer -
>> not to have had an announcement from WMUK that Stevie's post is no longer
>> occupied, and information as to who will pick up his workload (or which
>> parts are to be dropped). Disappointed, but not surprised, as my similar
>> questions about the posts left vacant by the redundancies (or however staff
>> were let go) earlier this year remain unanswered.
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Moving on

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

It is with some sadness that I write to let you know that I have moved on
to pastures new, and finished working for Wikimedia UK in the middle of
September. I am sorry that I didn't write sooner but have been away on a
much needed holiday.

Over the last three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege
to work with some incredible people, both staff and volunteers. Being able
to support the free and open knowledge movement in a professional capacity
has been exciting, tiring, empowering, stressful, and the most incredible
experience of my professional life.

Being able to make a contribution to this movement, for which I care
deeply, has been an honour. I will continue to be involved as a volunteer,
in the realms of communications, policy and advocacy.

There are too many people who have made such a positive impact on me
personally and professionally to be able to name and thank them all
individually. However, I do want to say a special thanks to my outstanding
colleagues at Wikimedia UK who are the most talented and hard working group
of people I have ever worked with. I want to also thank the volunteers and
staff I have worked with closely over the years as Head of External
Relations, especially in the areas of movement communications, campaigning,
educational & IP policy, and digital democracy.

I've been lucky enough to meet, and work with, many smart and thoughtful
people outside our movement and I hope that I've made a strong enough case
for free and open knowledge for them to remain involved in this mission.

I'd love to continue to hear from you all so do feel free to email me –
stevie.d.ben...@gmail.com – or find me on Twitter or LinkedIn and thank you
all once again for an amazing three and a half years.

With thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Digitising old 8mm home movies

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Joe,

I don't have any clue but will ask on Twitter and if I learn anything will
pass it on!

Best wishes,

Stevie

On 7 September 2015 at 03:12, Joe Filceolaire  wrote:

> I have inherited a bunch of 8mm  home movies dating from 1958 to 1980.
> Most are of family holidays visiting various landmarks in Europe.
>
> There are about 10 reels. Each reel is 400ft which is about 90 minutes (I
> think).
>
> I want to get these digitised and post them under a CC-BY-SA license then
> cut up into short sections related to particular wikipedia articles and
> added to Commons. There is probably more than half of the movies which can
> be used this way (we visited a lot of cool places)
>
> I have been quoted £1000 to digitise these. Anyone know of other options
> for digitising these?
>
> Has anyone got suggestions for the best way to do this?
>
> Joe
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Site security certificate expired

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you Tom.

Charles, let's hold over the VLE for today until the SSL is sorted.

Thank you,

Stevie

On 7 September 2015 at 08:47, Thomas Morton 
wrote:

> I will chase today to see what the status is.
>
> Tom
>
> On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 at 08:17 Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2 September 2015 at 21:36, Thomas Morton > > wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Chaps,
>>>
>>> Yes I noticed this earlier and made Richard S aware. I believe the
>>> source of the problem is a genuine mixup with our supplier giving us the
>>> old certificate (and advertising it as new) and me installing just before I
>>> was due to go on holiday (which I've only just returned from). Which meant
>>> we've only just identified the problem.
>>>
>>> It should be a quick-ish fix :)
>>>
>>> Today has been set as the launch date for the VLE, now with email
>> account creation. When I go to
>>
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Virtual_Learning_Environment
>>
>> or
>>
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/VLE_welcome_page
>>
>> which are the intended landing page and confirmation message pages, I get
>> a security message. Can this be sorted out, please?
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Storify of the Wikipedia Science Conference

[Stevie Benton]

Apologies for the empty email...

The last two days saw the UK's first Wikipedia Science Conference. More
reports, blogs and projects will surely follow, but for now our friends at
F1000 Research have created Storify collations of tweets over the course of
the event.

Day one is here
<https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference>, and day
two is here
<https://storify.com/F1000Research/wikipedia-science-conference-day-2>.
Thanks to everyone who contributed, and who helped the #WikiSci tag trend
on Twitter for a time yesterday.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 4 September 2015 at 13:26, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

>
>
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>
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> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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[Wikimediauk-l] Storify of the Wikipedia Science Conference

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Site security certificate expired

[Stevie Benton]

Hello Peter, Lewis, all,

Thanks for highlighting this. I know that Richard S from the office is
dealing with this and we're hopeful the issue will be resolved very soon.

We're sorry for the inconvenience but are looking at ensuring this doesn't
happen again.

Thank you,

Stevie

On 2 September 2015 at 20:28, Lewis Cawte  wrote:

> I seem to remember the same problem occurring last year... we really need
> to get better at managing this.
>
> If I remember correctly, last year was an issue of getting the right
> paperwork to the right people on time?
>
> -- Lewis Cawte
>
> On 2 September 2015 at 20:20, Peter Coombe 
> wrote:
>
>> It appears that the security certificate for wikimedia.org.uk expired
>> yesterday. Is someone from the chapter looking into this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikidata-l] Wikidata training session

[Stevie Benton]

Hello again,

Looks like 24 October is the best date so I've gone for that. If you are
interested in coming along, either to lead a session or just to attend,
please do sign up on the page here.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_training_2015

Many thanks,

Stevie

On 12 August 2015 at 11:18, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> Hello again everyone,
>
> I've added some date options to the talk page. If you are interested,
> please add your signature to those dates you're available and we can
> progress from there.
>
> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 8 August 2015 at 15:12, Joseph Fox  wrote:
>
>> Link is https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 at 13:59 Gordon Joly  wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/08/15 14:05, Charles Matthews wrote:
>>> >
>>> > The existing discussion should really be moved to
>>> >
>>> > https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Charles
>>>
>>> OOPS
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikidata-l] Wikidata training session

[Stevie Benton]

Hello again everyone,

I've added some date options to the talk page. If you are interested,
please add your signature to those dates you're available and we can
progress from there.

https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015

Thank you,

Stevie

On 8 August 2015 at 15:12, Joseph Fox  wrote:

> Link is https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015
>
> Joe
>
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 at 13:59 Gordon Joly  wrote:
>
>> On 07/08/15 14:05, Charles Matthews wrote:
>> >
>> > The existing discussion should really be moved to
>> >
>> > https://wikimedia.org.uk/w/Talk:Wikidata_training_2015
>> >
>>
>> > Charles
>>
>> OOPS
>>
>>
>> 404 Not Found
>> nginx/1.4.1
>>
>>
>> Gordo
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] visual Editor is now worth using in outreach editathons

[Stevie Benton]

Hello Edward, everyone,

If there's a volunteer willing to take the lead on Monuments then we can
offer a little logistical support. However, the volunteers that delivered
it last year said it was an enormous amount of work and don't have the
time. If you would like to lead on it then we can help, although time is
very short at this point.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 12 August 2015 at 10:35, Ed Hand  wrote:

> Are we taking part in Wiki Loves Monuments this year?
> No mention of the UK here:
>
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2015/Participating_countries
>
> best wsihes
> Edward
>
> On 10 August 2015 at 16:43, WereSpielChequers  > wrote:
>
>> I have now used the visual editor for more than a hundred edits since the
>> speed up. I agree that the classic editor is generally faster and I suspect
>> that will be especially true for anyone editing large articles as V/E's
>> still lacks section editing.
>>
>> I like the way V/E supports infobox editing, one of the things I
>> sometimes do is add images to articles and with the classic editor you
>> usually have the pain of having to check the template documentation to find
>> out what the parameters are for image and caption (sadly and for no obvious
>> reason these parameters are unlikely to be "image" and "caption"). V/E is
>> actually quite intuitive here in allowing you to run through the unused
>> parameters of the infobox.
>>
>> Table editing is more nuanced, on the one hand there are handy looking
>> options that come up inviting you to delete or add columns or rows and I'm
>> sure at some point I will find an opportunity to use them. But editing the
>> contents of a cell in a table is challenging, not a task I would suggest to
>> a newbie and far less intuitive than using the classic editor.
>>
>> Adding images from commons is really quite impressive in V/E, I haven't
>> yet been in the situation of having to work out which Newcastle V/E is
>> prompting me with and it would be good to know whether V/E is using wiki
>> data links, keywords, geocodes or some combination. But however it does it
>> the images it has prompted me with so far have been pretty good.
>>
>> Not sure between Joe and Andy's positions re showing diffs. I have had
>> very little to do with the education program, but I appreciate for
>> educators knowing how to look at the contributions of a student is
>> important. I think that V/E would be a better entry point for technophobes
>> whilst clearly the classic editor is better for the technoscenti. How you
>> recruit one or other group for an editathon without stereotyping is an
>> interesting conundrum. If you have access to a large mailing list of people
>> who might be interested then you could do two sorts of sessions, one
>> emphasising that this was Wikipedia editing for anyone, especially people
>> who tried it in the past and found it technically arcane. Another promising
>> a session led by a "power user" showing how to be an effective editor on
>> Wikipedia perhaps billed as "this session is suitable for anyone with any
>> programming experience, however rusty or archaic".
>>
>> Alternatively if you have a good ratio of experienced editors to newbies
>> you can guard people and show them the editor most suitable for them.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> > On 9 Aug 2015, at 01:03, Richard Farmbrough 
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I guess when it is sufficiently fast that I don't have time to hit
>> "edit source" instead before it loads, I will start using it on other
>> projects.  Until then, a good character editor beats a good WIMPS editor -
>> pity it's not a good character editor.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training session

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I think there's enough interest confirmed to be able to deliver a session
teaching people more about Wikidata.

The next step is to confirm a date. A Saturday is probably best for most
folks and I'm happy to book a meeting room in the Wikimedia UK office. Once
there is a consensus for a date I'll make the necessary arrangements.

There's also still plenty of time to register an interest in attending.
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_training_2015

Thank you,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you Ed, that's very kind.

Stevie

On 4 August 2015 at 14:15, Edward Saperia  wrote:

> On 4 August 2015 at 09:15, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
>> Mike, if you're able to find a donated venue elsewhere - or, indeed, if
>> anyone else can - there's no reason a second session can't be arranged if
>> there's enough interest. The volunteer that raised this is based in London
>> so it makes sense to offer the Wikimedia UK office as a space.
>>
>
> I am also happy to host, schedule permitting.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Monthly Google hangout?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

At the volunteer strategy day one of the things that was emphasised was a
better flow of information between volunteers, staff and the board. I've
been thinking about some of the ways in which we can improve this.

One idea I had was to host a monthly Google Hangout at a regular time and
date at which anyone can drop in and share ideas, ask questions, float
suggestions and so on. This would regularly be attended by at least a
couple of members of staff and a couple of trustees, perhaps on a
rotational basis.

We tried a similar thing with IRC a while back and it wasn't particularly
successful, in part because the tool isn't especially engaging for many
people. I think we are ready to try something different.

Any thoughts?

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

[Stevie Benton]

Mike, if you're able to find a donated venue elsewhere - or, indeed, if
anyone else can - there's no reason a second session can't be arranged if
there's enough interest. The volunteer that raised this is based in London
so it makes sense to offer the Wikimedia UK office as a space.

It doesn't have to be an either / or proposition.

Stevie

On 4 August 2015 at 06:04, Charles Matthews  wrote:

> On 3 August 2015 at 21:26, Michael Peel  wrote:
>
>>
>> On 3 Aug 2015, at 16:31, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>>
>> We can host this at Wikimedia UK to keep costs down.
>>
>>
>> That's not the only way to keep costs down - please also think about
>> looking for donated venues outside of London! A more central location might
>> mean that more volunteers can attend more easily, and without the expense
>> of traveling into central London.
>>
>> (I'd be interested in this, but I can't justify the ~£80 it would cost me
>> to attend a day meeting in London).
>>
>>
>> Well, if WMUK is paying trainers' travel expenses, you have to look at
> that as the irreducible cost, don't you?
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

[Stevie Benton]

For those interested in attending, you can add your name here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikidata_training_2015

Charles, if you're keen you can add some details on that page of what the
session could cover, too. Once we get enough interest we can begin planning
dates etc. We can host this at Wikimedia UK to keep costs down.

Thanks all,

Stevie

On 3 August 2015 at 16:28, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> That's excellent Charles, thank you!
>
> On 3 August 2015 at 16:24, Charles Matthews <
> charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3 August 2015 at 15:59, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Would any volunteers be keen to take a lead on this?
>>>
>>> I could give a basic Wikidata workshop, in principle, at least from my
>> slant on things,
>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

[Stevie Benton]

That's excellent Charles, thank you!

On 3 August 2015 at 16:24, Charles Matthews  wrote:

> On 3 August 2015 at 15:59, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
>  Would any volunteers be keen to take a lead on this?
>>
>> I could give a basic Wikidata workshop, in principle, at least from my
> slant on things,
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikidata training

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

A volunteer has got in touch with me to ask about Wikidata training,
mentioning the previous session that was delivered here in London.

Is there any interest in a second session? If enough people are keen on
attending then perhaps we could set something up? Would any volunteers be
keen to take a lead on this?

Thank you,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [MCG] The MA is seeking comments on draft Code of Ethics

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for sending this over. I've now had time to read through this and
have a couple of thoughts that might be relevant for folks on this list. As
far as a formal response from Wikimedia UK goes, I will create a draft page
on the Wikimedia UK wiki and encourage people to chip in if they would like
to. Then, based upon that, the board can decide if they want to go ahead
and respond.

I'll forward over a link to the draft page shortly. In the meantime, some
comments.

*Section 3 - Digital and Online Engagement*

I'd like to see something in here about digital content being openly
licensed (either PD or CC0 if possible, CC BY-SA also fine). Could become
element 3.6. I think there is also the potential to add something
appropriate in the self-evaluation questions regarding considering the use
of open licenses.

*Section 5 - Safeguarding Collections*

There's an explicit mention of public domain in 5.2: "Retain items in the
public domain at whichever location provides the best balance of care,
context and access." If we define the internet as a location, and I think
we can, then this is a persuader for museums to work with the Wikimedia
projects. Helps that it is not an either / or proposition.

*Section 7 - Research*

7.3 commits to making results and outputs from research publicly
accessible. How can our movement make use of this commitment and content in
a systematic way?

*Section 13 - Digital Collections*

There's nothing in here about sharing of content more widely. I think we
could draft something collaboratively here that's Wikimedia- /
open-friendly. If it's pitched correctly they may include in an updated
draft.

*Section 19 - Institutional Conduct*

19.1 stresses the need to act in the public interest. Something that I
speak about often is that sharing knowledge as widely as possible, through
Wikimedia projects or elsewhere, is about public benefit. Widest possible
access to educational material and collections is clearly in the public
interest.


In summary I think this is a pretty good document. There are elements of it
that we can use when making a case to museums to work closely with our
movement. There are also areas where we can have a little influence, such
as those above. If you'd like to be involved in drafting a response to
this, Please do get involved here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/DRAFT:_response_to_Museums_Association_code_of_ethics


Thanks and regards,

Stevie


On 28 July 2015 at 12:09, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> Some of you may wish to comment on this draft, with regard to licensing,
> copytheft, access for photography, etc.
>
> A formal WikimediaUK response may also be advisable.
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "Rebecca Atkinson" 
> Date: Jul 28, 2015 10:10 AM
> Subject: [MCG] The MA is seeking comments on draft Code of Ethics
> To: 
>
> Sent on behalf of Alistair Brown (with apologies for cross-posting):
>
> The Museums Association has been working for over a year with museums
> professionals, sector bodies, volunteers and other interested parties to
> produce an updated Code of Ethics for the sector.
>
> The last full update of the Code took place in 2002, while a partial
> update on financially motivated disposal took place in 2007.
>
> Following a year of consultation activities and events, the MA has
> recently published a draft Code of Ethics for a further period of
> consultation with the sector.
>
> We welcome any comments on this by Friday 7th August via the MA website:
> http://www.museumsassociation.org/forms/draft-code-of-ethics-consultation
>
> Please do take the time to read the new code and offer constructive
> feedback.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rebecca Atkinson
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Library NEW Free Research Accounts

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

This might be of interest.

Thank you,

Stevie
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Jake Orlowitz" 
Date: 17 Jun 2015 22:40
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia Library NEW Free Research Accounts
To: "wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org" 
Cc:

Hi!
>
> The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available to you...
>
> *Taylor & Francis* — major publisher of academic journals with 2 subject
> collections: Arts & Humanities and Biological, Environment & Earth Sciences
> (30 accounts)
>  
>
> *World Bank eLibrary* — digital platform containing all books, working
> papers, and journal articles published by the World Bank from the 1990s to
> the present (100 accounts)
>  
>
> *AAAS* — general science publisher, which publishes the leading journal
> *Science* among other sources (50 accounts)
>  
>
>
> New French-Language Branch donations!
>
> *Érudit *— French-Canadian scholarly database of humanities and social
> sciences, with sources in both English and French (50 accounts)
>  
>  
>
> *Cairn* — Cairn.info is a Switzerland based online portal of scholarly
> materials in the humanities and social sciences. Mostly French, but also
> some English (100 accounts)
>  
>  
>
> *L'Harmattan* — French language publisher of non-fiction and fiction, with
> a strong selection of francophone African materials  (1000 accounts)
>  
>
>
> Many other partnerships are still available, including an expansion of
> Royal Society Journals:
>  
>
> If you have suggestions for journals or databases we should seek access to
> request it!
>  
>
> We are looking for more help coordinating the Wikipedia Library's account
> distribution and global development!
>  
>
> Do better research and help expand the use of high quality references
> across Wikipedia projects: sign up today!
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 3D Files

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your email. I can share a document with you which shows how far
the discussions went.

Essentially, the biggest barrier to this is funding. I spoke with some
people from WikiFactory about this and they already utilise similar
technology. They are able to do the work and the implementation to enable
Commons to host openly licensed 3D design files and printable files in .amf
and .stl formats, for all browsers, for about £22k. We're currently trying
to find a way for the project to be funded and are in discussions with
Wellcome Trust and others. Once implemented, there are hundreds of
thousands of printable files that can be imported to Commons under
compatible licenses and can then be printed directly from Wikipedia
articles - such as tools, clothes, medical models, prosthetics,
architecture models, building materials... as the cost of 3D printing goes
down and the availability and quality of printing goes up, this could be a
seriously important development and enhance the role of the Wikimedia
projects in sharing the sum of all knowledge in many different forms

I'm happy to discuss this in more detail if it is useful.

Thank you,

Stevie

On 26 May 2015 at 15:01, Edward Saperia  wrote:

> I remember someone once talking about a project to have a format for 3D
> objects (I guess in commons), which could then be rendered on pages as
> interactive widgets. Does anyone know what this was called or how I can
> find it?
>
> *Edward Saperia*
> Founder Newspeak House <http://www.nwspk.com>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Web We Want Festival, 30-31 May - volunteers?

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Joe,

Sorry to hear you haven't been well. We'd love for you to drop in whenever
you feel like it and stay for as long (or short) as you wish.

Speak soon,

Stevie



On 21 May 2015 at 20:39, Joe Filceolaire  wrote:

> I hope I can be there but I've not been well so I don't know how long I
> can do
>
> Joe
> On 21 May 2015 13:14, "Stevie Benton" 
> wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
> Just wondered if there was any further interest in this. Should be a
> really good event.
>
> Best,
>
> Stevie
>
> On 15 May 2015 at 15:37, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Wikimedia UK will be hosting a stand at the Web We Want Festival
>> <http://webwewant.southbankcentre.co.uk/> At London's South Bank on 30 &
>> 31 May. This is a really good opportunity to speak about the Wikimedia
>> projects and the chapter.
>>
>> I wonder if anyone is interested in volunteering to help out for some of
>> the weekend? Please do let me know, your help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> With best wishes,
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>> --
>>
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>> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
>> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
>> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
>> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>>
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>> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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>>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Web We Want Festival, 30-31 May - volunteers?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello again,

Just wondered if there was any further interest in this. Should be a really
good event.

Best,

Stevie

On 15 May 2015 at 15:37, Stevie Benton 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Wikimedia UK will be hosting a stand at the Web We Want Festival
> <http://webwewant.southbankcentre.co.uk/> At London's South Bank on 30 &
> 31 May. This is a really good opportunity to speak about the Wikimedia
> projects and the chapter.
>
> I wonder if anyone is interested in volunteering to help out for some of
> the weekend? Please do let me know, your help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Stevie
>
> --
>
> Stevie Benton
> Head of External Relations
> Wikimedia UK+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
> @StevieBenton
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over 
> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Web We Want Festival, 30-31 May - volunteers?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK will be hosting a stand at the Web We Want Festival
<http://webwewant.southbankcentre.co.uk/> At London's South Bank on 30 & 31
May. This is a really good opportunity to speak about the Wikimedia
projects and the chapter.

I wonder if anyone is interested in volunteering to help out for some of
the weekend? Please do let me know, your help would be greatly appreciated.

With best wishes,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you for sharing this Andy.

I am very much in favour of supporting initiatives like this. For instance,
WMUK recently signed the Lyon Declaration on access to information and
development. I see these things as very much an extension / relation to the
Millennium Development Goals.

Would anyone object to Wikimedia UK becoming a signatory to this?

Thank you,

Stevie

On 8 May 2015 at 17:09, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> An impressive number of reputable organisations have signed The Hague
> Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age:
>
>
> http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/
>
> I think that WMUK should, too. It aligns closely with existing WMUK
> polices and the Wikimedia community's ethos.
>
> (I've made the same suggestion to the WMF)
>
> Note that indivduals can also sign it; as I have done.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia Foundation announces new open access policy

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I know many of you are interested in open access so wanted to share this
with you. The Wikimedia Foundation has just announced its new open access
policy.

The announcement and the new policy can be seen here -
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/

Thank you,

Stevie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Understanding and building digital democracy

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Apologies for cross posting.

Wikimedia UK, along with the Open Coalition <http://open-coalition.org/>
and Demos <http://www.demos.co.uk/>, are developing a project called "From
ticks to clicks - understanding and building digital democracy".

We have just made a proposal
<https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/elections/entries/from-ticks-to-clicks-understanding-and-building-digital-democracy-in-britain>
to the Knight News Challenge and we would really appreciate your feedback
and support. If you can spare just a couple of minutes please do take a
look and let us know what you think. Comments on the site, rather than
here, are especially appreciated!

With thanks and regards,

Stevie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Call for proposals: Wikipedia Science Conference (deadline 8 May)

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK and Wellcome Trust <http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/> are delighted
to welcome session proposals for the Wikipedia Science Conference – the
first of its kind – taking place in London on the 2nd and 3rd of September.

The two-day conference reflects the growing interest in Wikipedia and its
sister projects as a platform not just for communicating science but for
scientific research and publishing. Last year, a clinical review paper
authored on Wikipedia was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Meanwhile, scientists and Wikipedians are using papers, data, and figures
to improve Wikipedia and related projects such as Wikidata .

Using these free, open platforms, scientific content is benefiting both
from increased impact and an increased opportunity for checking and review.
This in turn is a benefit of open-access publication models which make the
outputs of research free for anyone to reuse and repurpose.

The two keynote speakers are Dr Peter Murray-Rust
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murray-Rust> of the University of
Cambridge and Dame Wendy Hall <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Hall> of
the University of Southampton. Professor Hall was a founding director of
the Web Science Research Initiative and is a Fellow of both the Royal
Society and the Association for Computing Machinery, previously leading the
ACM and the British Computer Society. Dr Murray-Rust, a chemist, campaigns
for open sharing of scientific publications and data. He leads the Content
Mine project to extract data from published papers and has called Wikidata
“the future of science data.”

The rest of the programme will consist of invited speakers, sessions
suggested through this call, and an “unconference” block in which
participants create their own sessions on the day.

The conference is arranged by Wikimedia UK and will be hosted by the
Wellcome Trust at its premises on Euston Road in London. The Trust is a
global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary
improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds.

You can learn more about the conference, and submit your proposal, here
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikipedia_Science_Conference>
Thank you,

Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [OpenAccess] New Free Research Accounts via the Wikipedia Library

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Forwarding in case this is of interest.

Stevie


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Date: 2 March 2015 at 21:53
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discussions 


Hi!
The Wikipedia Library has new, free research donations available:

Project MUSE (humanities and social science books and journals):  <
http://enwp.org/WP:Project_MUSE>

DynaMed (clinical reference for medical topics):
 <http://enwp.org/WP:DynaMed>

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (pharmaceutical information and practice
resources):
 <http://enwp.org/WP:RPharmS>

Women Writers Online (digital humanities database focused on women's
literature):  <http://enwp.org/WP:Women_Writers_Online>

Newspapers.com (American newspapers database w/ open access tools):  <
http://enwp.org/WP:Newspapers.com>

And many other partnerships with accounts available are listed at:  <
http://enwp.org/WP:TWL/Journals>

Do better research and help expand the use of high-quality references
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[Wikimediauk-l] Women’s History Month - revisiting our work on the Wikipedia gender gap

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

As you may be aware, March is Women's History Month. Throughout the month
Wikimedia UK will be revisiting some of the work that we as a chapter (and
the Wikimedia movement as a whole) as been involved in to try and close the
Wikipedia gender gap.

I'd like to make an open invitation to anyone with stories related to
gender and Wikipedia to tell them through our blog over the coming month.
Encouraging a broader diversity of contributors to the Wikimedia projects
is something we are working very hard to do and we would love for you to be
involved in these efforts.

You can see the introductory blog post I've written about this piece of
work here -
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/03/womens-history-month-revisiting-our-work-on-the-wikipedia-gender-gap/


If you'd like to take part, or you have any questions or comments, please
do get in touch.

With thanks and regards,

Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] British Library - Save Our Sounds

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

One of our volunteers has just sent me the details of an interesting
looking project from the British Library called Save Our Sounds.

Essentially there are a lot of collections of sound in the UK that are at
risk from physical deterioration and they are looking at ways of preserving
the important stuff (basically, all of it). I wonder if this is of
interest? The two key links to look at are below.

http://www.bl.uk/projects/save-our-sounds

http://www.bl.uk/projects/uk-sound-directory

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Just to pick this up again and assure you it hasn't fallen completely by
the wayside.

Parliament are running a project this year looking at several notable
anniversaries. It's called Parliament in the Making
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_in_the_Making>. They are also looking
to release Hansard in a fully re-usable format
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/01/report-from-the-speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/>
by the end of 2015 (license to be determined). I'm going to explore some
options of how we might try and work with them. If anyone has suggestions
or is keen to be involved, please do get in touch.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 8 January 2015 at 09:57, Gordon Joly  wrote:

> On 08/01/15 09:45, geni wrote:
> >
> >
> > Well if you are a commoner rather than a baron the charter of the
> > forrest was signed in 1217
>
>
> I know my place.
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy - report launch

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

As you may have seen, the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy
launched its report today in Westminster. I was fortunate enough to be
invited since I'd been involved in the Commission's work.

There are a couple of announcements that could benefit Wikimedia UK. By
2016 Parliament wants all published information (and broadcast footage)
that it produces made freely available in formats suitable for re-use. It
also wants Hansard to be released as "open data" by the end of 2015.

I've written up a short blog post covering the key topics and it is
published here -
https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/01/report-from-the-speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/


Please let me know if you have any thoughts or questions, either on the
report, or the blog post. I'll be happy to help.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] National Library of Wales appoints Wikimedian in Residence

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I don't, but Robin may be able to help with that. If I learn of it in the
meantime I will, of course, share.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 15 January 2015 at 16:34, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> On 15 January 2015 at 15:02, Stevie Benton
>  wrote:
>
> > Some great news from Wales today to celebrate Wikipedia's birthday. The
> > National Library of Wales has appointed a full-time Wikimedian in
> Residence.
> >
> > Jason Evans has been appointed and begins work on Monday.
>
> That is indeed great news; congratulations, Jason!
>
> Do we know Jason's user name?
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[Wikimediauk-l] National Library of Wales appoints Wikimedian in Residence

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Some great news from Wales today to celebrate Wikipedia's birthday. The
National Library of Wales has appointed a full-time Wikimedian in Residence.

Jason Evans has been appointed and begins work on Monday.Many thanks to the
Library for their commitment to sharing open knowledge and to Robin Owain
for all of his efforts that went into making this happen.

You can read more details in this blog post
<https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2015/01/national-library-of-wales-with-a-birthday-gift-to-wikipedia/>
(also available in Welsh).

Thanks and regards,

Stevie



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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: Your invitation to The Future of Wearable Tech networking event

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Hello everyone,

Forwarding in case anyone is especially interested in wearable technology.

With regards,

Stevie


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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedian in Residence, Thinktank, Birmingham

[Stevie Benton]

Congratulations Andy, well done. Do let me know if you think the chapter
can be of any help.

With regards,

Stevie

On 15 January 2015 at 10:41, Andy Mabbett  wrote:

> [Cross posted; please check which list you're replying to
>
> Today is my first day as Wikipedian in Residence at Thinktank
> Birmingham Science Museum, part of Birmingham Museums Trust:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinktank,_Birmingham
>
> I have a project page up at:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Thinktank
>
> and will have more info there soon.
>
> We'll be running two editathons/ backstage pass events, in the coming
> weeks.
>
> (FYI, I remain Wikimedian in Residence at the Royal Society of
> Chemistry and Wikipedian in Residence at ORCID)
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikipedia's 14th birthday - ideas please

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I know it is a bit short notice but I've just realised that it is
Wikipedia's 14th birthday on Thursday. I'm looking for ideas of how we
might commemorate this. If you have any suggestions, please do let me know!

Thank you,

Stevie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Advocacy Advisors] Europeana Fashion Conference - Sharing Fashion Online

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Forwarding on from the Advocacy list as this might be of interest. If
anyone has any thoughts that might be useful please do share!

Thank you,

Stevie


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From: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov 
Date: 12 January 2015 at 10:43
Subject: [Advocacy Advisors] Europeana Fashion Conference - Sharing Fashion
Online
To: Advocacy Advisory Group for WMF LCA <
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Hi all,

I've been invited to attend the Europeana Fashion Conference [1] and
participate in a workshop that will aim to:
"inspire attendees with a better understanding of intellectual property and
fashion and to support attendees with best practices in sharing fashion
images online"

I'm assuming that's a working title. There will be an IP lawyer
representing fashion businesses, people from cultural institutions and me.

I've been specifically asked to share best practices of sharing fashion
images online and to show the different licensing options.

Since fashion is not only about copyright, but also trademarks and
industrial designs (at least in the EU and Japan), I wanted to show a few
examples of what goes, what not and some issues we haven't fully solved
yet. Is anyone on this list aware of any cases/discussions/decisions on
Commons regarding fashion pictures and IP? Anything interesting will help.

Thanks!

Dimi


FYI: WMBE and WMNL have in the past co-organised a fashion edit-a-thon with
the Fashion Museum of Antwerp. [2]

[1]
http://www.europeanafashion.eu/portal/blogdetail.html?post=europeana-fashion-international-conference-digital-fashion-futures
[2]
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/September_2013/Contents/Belgium_report

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for new Signpost editors-in-chief

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Forwarding to this list as it may be of interest to some UK folks.

Thank you,

Stevie


-- Forwarded message --
From: Wikipedia Signpost 
Date: 6 January 2015 at 22:10
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Looking for new Signpost editors-in-chief
To: Wikimedia Mailing List , English
Wikipedia 


Dear Wikimedia community,

The deadline set for new editor-in-chief applications is fast approaching.
As I said two weeks ago:[1]

"Why should you apply? First, you will have established contributors who
are currently producing consistently stellar work, thus making your initial
learning curve far smaller. Second, it is an area far different than
Wikipedia itself; writers at the Signpost frequently use and develop a
different range of skills such as editorial judgment and journalistic
tenacity.

"Third, the personal reporting you want to do is wide open. With "News and
notes" having been on an extended hiatus, you are free to take it in the
direction you want, but you will not have to fight to get readers—you will
have thousands from the very beginning. Do you want to bring valuable
content contributions to light? Do you want to examine arcane financial
details of the Wikimedia Foundation and its affiliates? Do you want to
investigate sockpuppet armies and their effects? Do you want to be the hub
for fostering innovative ideas that will keep Wikipedia relevant for
decades to come? The limit, quite literally, is your imagination."

Please send an email to this address (wikipediasignp...@gmail.com) to
indicate your interest. I would like to find two individuals so that the
overall time commitment is smaller.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
--The ed17, Signpost editor-in-chief
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-24/From_the_editor
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [LyonDCL] The "Road to Dignity by 2030" includes access to information and an open Internet

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I thought this might be of interest. It relates to a big push to promote
access to information and an open internet.

Thank you,

Stevie

PS Happy new year to you all.


-- Forwarded message --
From: Julia Brungs 
Date: 17 December 2014 at 14:36
Subject: [LyonDCL] The "Road to Dignity by 2030" includes access to
information and an open Internet
To: "lyon...@infoserv.inist.fr" 


 Dear all,



IFLA's response to the Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General on the
Post-2015 Development Agenda: "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty,
Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet"



*Access to information...Intellectual Property reform...access to open
data...affordable access to ICTs.* These are some of the important issues
IFLA and those of us in the greater library and information community are
grappling with in a variety of ways.

IFLA has been working with the international library community—as well as
civil society and member states—to develop its position on the creation of
the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
<http://www.ifla.org/node/8139> and help ensure that crucial elements such
as access to information are included in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda
<http://www.ifla.org/node/8873>. Throughout this process, it is important
that libraries are seen as being part of the conversation.



Last week, an advance "Synthesis Report of the UN Secretary-General On the
Post-2015 Agenda
<http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5527SR_advance%20unedited_final.pdf>"
was released. The Report outlines the priorities and main goals of the
post-2015 UN Development Agenda and has a serious goal: to transform our
economies, our environment, and our societies. IFLA welcomes the Report and
the inclusion of access to information, and encourages the United Nations
to recognise the role of access and skills as an essential pillar in the
transformational agenda for sustainable development. Unfortunately, we are
disappointed that the report lacks substance on the potential of ICTs for
development.



We encourage the UN and its Member States to use the Lyon Declaration
<http://www.lyondeclaration.org/> during the next stage of
intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda to
inform the inclusion of access to information, and the skills to use it
effectively by:

· Acknowledging the public's right to access information and data,
while respecting the right to individual privacy;

· Recognising the important role of local authorities, information
intermediaries and infrastructure such as ICTs and an open Internet as a
means of implementation;

· Adopting policy, standards and legislation to ensure the
continued funding, integrity, preservation and provision of information by
governments, and access by people;

· Developing targets and indicators that enable measurement of the
impact of access to information and data.



IFLA has already released a Toolkit
<http://www.ifla.org/libraries-development/toolkit> to support library
institutions and associations and other civil society organisations to
advocate for access to information in the context of post-2015 UN
Development Agenda—thereby empowering signatories of the Lyon Declaration
to make the voice of the library community heard on a national level.



*What next?*

Following the publication of the final synthesis report at the end of
December 2014, IFLA will produce a revised version of the Toolkit with
specific talking points and examples to support meetings with member state
representatives that library associations and institutions will organise in
early 2015.

The final synthesis report will become the baseline for the negations and
meetings that will take place throughout 2015, in the lead up to the
Special Summit on Sustainable Development. IFLA will be participating in
some of the meetings, including:

· High-level thematic debate on the means of implementation for the
post-2015 development agenda (February 2015)

· Millennium Development Goals Report 2015 (July 2015)

· Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force Report (September
2015)

· Special Summit on Sustainable Development (September 2015)



Read the full response online <http://www.ifla.org/node/9254>.



Julia Brungs

Policy and Projects Officer

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

Phone: 0031703140884

Email: julia.bru...@ifla.org





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[Wikimediauk-l] Blog: Who writes Wikipedia’s health and medical pages and why?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I thought you might be interested to read this excellent blog post by Nuša
Farič of UCL. Along with Henry Potts, she has conducted a piece of research
into the editors of Wikipedia's health and medical content.

Their findings are very interesting indeed. I will be sharing this with
some health journalists to see if I can generate some interest in the
story, too.

https://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2014/12/who-writes-wikipedias-health-and-medical-pages-and-why/

Thanks and regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK and the Science Museum Late

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK was well represented last night at the Science Museum Late
event. There were five Wikimedia-related sessions on offer and each was
very well received. The event was attended by an incredible 3,728 people!

Enormous thanks to all of the volunteers and staff who made the event such
a good experience for everyone who came along, it's very much appreciated.
A special thanks to Mary Langsdale and Roberta Wedge who worked extremely
hard to make the event such a success.

Thanks and regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Need help about Wikipedia in science

[Stevie Benton]

Cross posting from Wikimedia-l as I know some UK folks will have some very
useful insights here. Please reply all as I have copied Erlend on this
email.

Thank you,

Stevie


-- Forwarded message --
From: Erlend Bjørtvedt 
Date: 24 November 2014 at 08:57
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Need help about Wikipedia in science
To: Wikimedia Mailing List 


Dear colleagues,

I need your help.

In a weeks time, I am invited by the Norwegian Science Council to meet them
and lecture and discuss about how they can nurture and contribute to the
Wikipedia.

The Science Council (Forskningsrådet) organizes all the universities,
colleges, and institutes sector as regards research, through funding and
program evalution.

The task is that they will first produce a "do-it-your-self-kit" to
scientists and researchers on how they can fulfill they obligation of
educating the public. Thereafter, they will work more targetedly with
pinpointing and contributing directly to the Wikipedia, probably Commons
too.

Our good partners in the Arts Council Norway have already worked with us
for a long time on their public outreach obligation, and will take part in
the meeting and speak about how they have nurtured the outreach of cultural
heritage through Wikipedia and Commons.

QUESTION:

Where can I find good overviews of:

- Examples of universities or institutions who have "used" Wikipedia to
educate the public

- Examples of professions or individual researchers who have done the same

- Examples of formal co-operations between science and Wikimedia movement,
as reference

- Examples from your chapter of co-operation with science / universities



Thank you all,

Erlend



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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Thanks again for the examples. I delivered the presentation this morning
which went well. Much of the audience was from the UK, which surprised me
given the location. Anyway, hopefully some folks will be in touch - and
they can now also work with the newly recognised Wikimedia Belgium, too.

With regards,

Stevie

On 13 November 2014 20:50, HJ Mitchell  wrote:

> Forwarding on behalf of Fae.
>
> Harry Mitchell
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> -- Forwarded message --
> From: *Fæ* 
> Date: 13 November 2014 17:44
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list 
>
>
> On 13 November 2014 16:23, geni  wrote:
> ...
> > A fair bit of the Bundesarchiv was WW1. Thats why our articles on British
> > WW1 tanks tend to feature ones that have been captured by German forces.
> ...
> > geni
>
> The World War I category on Commons is quite high in the category
> hierarchy, though as Commons is the key project where licences are relevant
> it is worth looking at where those images came from. Here are the totals by
> image uploader (top 10 only) from Grandchild to G-G-Grandchild images:
>
>
> +-+---+
> | img_user_text   | count |
> +-+---+
> | Fæ  |  9488 |
> | Swiss Federal Archives  |  7374 |
> | Rcbutcher   |  2799 |
> | LibraryBot  |  2673 |
> | US National Archives bot|  2514 |
> | Keith-264   |  2135 |
> | BArchBot|  1942 |
> | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) |  1834 |
> | Labattblueboy   |   906 |
> | Bwmoll3 |   895 |
> +-+---+
> +-+---+
> | img_user_text   | count |
> +-+---+
> | Fæ  | 18652 |
> | Swiss Federal Archives  | 13880 |
> | Rcbutcher   |  8629 |
> | US National Archives bot|  6594 |
> | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) |  6320 |
> | Keith-264   |  5490 |
> | BArchBot|  5021 |
> | LibraryBot  |  4181 |
> | Garitan |  2858 |
> | Silar   |  2832 |
> +-+---+
> +-+---+
> | img_user_text   | count |
> +-+---+
> | Fæ  | 26059 |
> | Rcbutcher   | 19084 |
> | US National Archives bot| 15674 |
> | Swiss Federal Archives  | 15428 |
> | File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) | 13453 |
> | BArchBot| 13065 |
> | Keith-264   |  8588 |
> | Silar   |  7882 |
> | Garitan |  5841 |
> | Takabeg |  5534 |
> +-+---+
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all the comments on this so far.

Given some of the feedback I think a call to action on one significant
article is perhaps not going to attract too much attention. But what I
think could work is a new year kind of story in which Wikimedia UK
"releases" its top 50 targets for improvement on Wikipedia. It's the kind
of listicle that is quite popular these days. Last year we put out a press
release on the 20 most searched for terms on Wikipedia and that got quite a
lot of traction.

If others think this could work (or we could reduce the number to 20, or
25, or whatever) then I'll create a page on the UK wiki where we can post
suggestions for articles that might be relevant in 2015 (such as Magna
Carta, of course) and work from there.

Thanks again for all of your comments.

Stevie

On 7 November 2014 21:44, Rod Ward  wrote:

> Thanks for the videos – have just included one in the article.
>
>
> Working on the linked pages would also be useful – both the
> abbots/bishops/barons (NB not “signatories”) and the settings
>  (improvements to Runnymede have already been requested) and some of the
> legal revisions along with later effects or interpretation. Lots of the
> bulleted lists of “clauses in one charter but not another” also need to be
> tackled (and referenced).Any further help appreciated.Rod
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Richard
> Farmbrough
> *Sent:* 07 November 2014 19:50
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta
>
>
>
> There will be less demanding work, for example the signatories articles
> maybe could do with work.   I just linked to [[Abbott of Peterborough]],
> only a few  of those abbots have any biographical details - VCH will supply
> plenty of useful information, typically more on the latter abbots.
>
>
>
> On 7 November 2014 00:11, Fæ  wrote:
>
> I have uploaded a few presentations and talks on video which would
> cheer up Magna Carta articles, some are quite 'non-academic friendly'
> for readers who might be daunted by a long encyclopaedia article
> (videos play back without having to leave a Wikipedia article). They
> are currently in
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Magna_Carta> but will
> probably be moved to a sub-category in a while. The lectures might be
> helpful for those thinking of improving articles and are looking for a
> quick guide to issues and interpretations.
>
> Of particular interest are a video from the British Library
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four_surviving_Magna_Carta_to_be_brought_together_for_the_first_time_in_history.webm
> >
> and a friendly one from Parliament
> <
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magna_Carta_and_the_Emergence_of_Parliament.webm
> >.
>
> These are uploaded thanks to a YouTube download/upload script I put
> together for a WikiprojectMed request. If there are others on YouTube
> you find with a CC-BY licence, drop me a link by email and I'll get
> around to taking a look. Unfortunately handling video remains a
> challenge for contributors, so I think my uploads are the first videos
> on Commons for this topic.
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[Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK and the Science Museum Late

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Just under two weeks to go until the Science Museum Lates event on
Wednesday 26 November. We are still looking for more volunteers to help out
at what will be a fun, lively and unusual event.

There are all sorts of things to get involved with, from helping with video
and audio, to talking to people about the Wikimedia projects, helping folks
photograph the brand new Information Age gallery for Commons or helping
people record their voice for Wikipedia.

More details, including sign-ups, can be seen here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Science_Museum_Late

Thanks and regards,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you Geni, that;s really useful. I will take a closer look at those
examples.

With regards,

Stevie

On 13 November 2014 16:23, geni  wrote:

>
>
> On 13 November 2014 11:09, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've been asked to speak at an event next week and one of the topics will
>> be explaining how releasing content under open licences via Wikimedia
>> projects increases audiences for cultural institutions.
>>
>> We have lots of those, of course, but one of the themes is the First
>> World War. Does anyone know of any digitisation projects related to the
>> conflict that I might point to as examples?
>>
>> Thank you for any help!
>>
>> Stevie
>>
>> --
>>
>
>
> A fair bit of the Bundesarchiv was WW1. Thats why our articles on British
> WW1 tanks tend to feature ones that have been captured by German forces.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_heavy_tanks_of_World_War_I#Mark_IV
>
> Otherwise I'd suggest asking if the Operation Majestic Titan people know
> of any examples:
>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Examples of First World War related projects?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I've been asked to speak at an event next week and one of the topics will
be explaining how releasing content under open licences via Wikimedia
projects increases audiences for cultural institutions.

We have lots of those, of course, but one of the themes is the First World
War. Does anyone know of any digitisation projects related to the conflict
that I might point to as examples?

Thank you for any help!

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Au Revoir

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[Wikimediauk-l] Data center dynamics event

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I've been contacted by a group behind an event called Data Center Dynamics
- http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/conferences/2014/london-2014?l=programme


They have offered a free pass for a Wikimedian. I don't know if it is of
interest to anyone, and I;m not sure why they contacted me, but if you'd
like the pass do let me know off list and we can try and make it happen.

Thank you,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Stevie Benton]

That's a sensible point Andrew, thank you. How about we draw up a list of
50 articles we think are important and that need improving? We could use
examples like Magna Carta as a hook to the story. We could even make this
an annual "thing". The Wikimedia Hitlist for 201x?

Any thoughts?

Stevie

On 6 November 2014 08:40, Andrew Gray  wrote:

> I'm not so sure. The article is 7000 words long, with densely-written and
> relatively technical content, and needs a comprehensive overhaul - it's the
> sort of thing that rewards work by one or two people with a good overview
> and a few days reading, rather than fifty people with small contributions.
> Inviting people to contribute to something with very little "entry-level"
> potential seems likely to just end in frustration for all concerned.
>
> Trying a call to action seems a good idea, but probably better for
> something else...
>
> A.
>
> On 5 November 2014 13:58, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone is
> > interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch
> that
> > would be excellent!
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Stevie
> >
> > On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy <
> jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Rod,
> >>
> >> We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing
> >> discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the
> >> moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging
> >> exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.
> >>
> >> But it would be worth thinking of further projects, though at least for
> >> this month I'd like to focus what we are doing with BL on certain mass
> >> uploads.
> >>
> >> Do people think that Magna Carta would be a good subject for a Wiki
> >> wednesday session - bringing few editors together on a Wednesday
> evening in
> >> our office in London?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >>
> >> Jonathan Cardy
> >> GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
> >> Wikimedia UK
> >> 020 7065 0921
> >>
> >> (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails
> on
> >> Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
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> >> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> >> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
> (who
> >> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
> >>
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> >> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
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> >> On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> An article in this weeks observer (see
> >>>
> http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary
> >>> ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of
> the
> >>> Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be
> various TV
> >>> and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant
> date.
> >>> I note this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta )
> regularly
> >>> gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to increase. It
> was
> >>> listed as a Good Article back in the early days but was delisted in
> 2006 and
> >>> has gone downhill since then. It is also listed on the Vital Articles
> for
> >>> Society and Social Sciences. A few of us are trying to get it to at
> least GA
> >>> or even FA standard before the anniversary – any help would be
> appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The specific reason for this email is that I think WikimediaUK had some
> >>> sort of relationship (possibly a wikimedian in residence or similar)
> with
> >>> the British Library years ago. For

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Magna Carta

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I really like Ed's point that this is a good PR opportunity. If anyone is
interested in putting together some details and a potential media pitch
that would be excellent!

Thank you,

Stevie

On 5 November 2014 12:11, Jonathan Cardy 
wrote:

> Dear Rod,
>
> We did indeed have a resident at the British Library, and some ongoing
> discussions and events with them, including an event last Friday. At the
> moment we are focussed on some large image releases and a major tagging
> exercise to identify old maps which will then be loaded on Commons.
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection/map_tag_campaign>
>
> But it would be worth thinking of further projects, though at least for
> this month I'd like to focus what we are doing with BL on certain mass
> uploads.
>
> Do people think that Magna Carta would be a good subject for a Wiki
> wednesday session - bringing  few editors together on a Wednesday evening
> in our office in London?
>
> Regards
>
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:British_Library/Mechanical_Curator_collection/map_tag_campaign>
>
>
> Jonathan Cardy
> GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums) Organiser
> Wikimedia UK
>  020 7065 0921
>
> (I'm normally in the office Tuesday's, Wednesdays and Fridays - Emails on
> Mondays and Thursdays wont usually be seen till the next day)
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.
>
>
> Press Enter to send your message.
>
>
> On 5 November 2014 11:04, Rod Ward  wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> An article in this weeks observer (see
>> http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/01/magna-carta-800-celebrates-anniversary
>> ) points out that it will be the 800th anniversary of the signing of the
>> Magna Carta next year (15 June 2015) and suggests there will be various TV
>> and radio programmes (and books etc) to coincide with the significant date.
>> I note this article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta )
>> regularly gets 150,000+ page views per month and this is likely to
>> increase. It was listed as a Good Article back in the early days but was
>> delisted in 2006 and has gone downhill since then. It is also listed on the
>> Vital Articles for Society and Social Sciences. A few of us are trying to
>> get it to at least GA or even FA standard before the anniversary – any help
>> would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> The specific reason for this email is that I think WikimediaUK had some
>> sort of relationship (possibly a wikimedian in residence or similar) with
>> the British Library years ago. For that or other sources does anyone have a
>> contact within the appropriate department (possibly manuscripts curator or
>> similar) of the BL who would be willing to help advise on the development
>> of this important article?
>>
>>
>>
>> Rod
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[Wikimediauk-l] Suggesting tasks for people with free time

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Something that we've spoken about before is creating a list of suggested
jobs for people with varying amounts of time. It's about offering ways for
people to help our open knowledge mission in as little as a couple of
minutes, right the way through to having a couple of hours or days to
spare. With some help, I've added some early suggestions to the volunteer
jobs <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Volunteer_jobs> page, so you can see
what I mean. Any and all suggestions welcome please!

Thanks and regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] Storytelling at the Science Museum

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Recently there has been a great deal of conversation about storytelling within
the Wikimedia movement. This is a message that's coming clearly over from
the Wikimedia Foundation and is also being picked up by the Wikimedia UK
board.

We have a good opportunity to capture some compelling stories at the
Science Museum Late event on 26 November. With the variety of events taking
place being delivered by WMUK volunteers and staff, as well as a
significant audience, there are many ways we can create video and
photographic resources for us to use in future communications.

In order to make the most of this chance it will require some planning and
some thought as to what we would like to record and what we plan to use
these materials for.

I envisage us gathering lots of footage that we can use for different
materials. Firstly, a collection of views on Wikipedia could be recorded
with event attendees. These would act as a supplement to the survey that
will be conducted during the event.

Other footage would be of some of the sessions themselves, and interviews
with some of the staff and volunteers, as well as colleagues form the
Science Museum.

Does anyone have any other particular thoughts?

In order to complete these tasks, we will need some volunteers. We'd all
love for you to be involved so drop me a note if you're interested!

Stevie

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[Wikimediauk-l] LGBT editathon and digitisation event - London, this Saturday

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Just a quick note to remind you that there's an LGBT-themed editathon and
digitisation workshop taking place this weekend.

It's on Saturday 18 October at the Bishopsgate Library in London - a two
minute walk from Liverpool Street station. There's spaces available and the
event is free and open to all.

You can find more details here -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_LGBT_studies/Editathons/Bishopsgate_Library,_London

Thanks and regards,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Lyon Declaration and position paper on copyright reform

[Stevie Benton]

Thanks Michael, that's a good suggestion. I've created a page here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Advocacy and there is also now a category
called [[Advocacy and policy]].

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

On 13 October 2014 15:52, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> Thanks Stevie
>
> It would be good if we could have a page on our Wiki where we record
> position statements such as this that the charity has signed, along with
> the date, a brief description, and a link.
>
> The other one we did recently was the EU copyright position statement. If
> I recall, we have supported two statements on that over the last 12 months.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 13 October 2014 at 10:36:09, Stevie Benton (
> stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk) wrote:
>
>  Hello everyone,
>
> I wanted to give you all a brief update on a couple of advocacy-related
> matters. I'm really happy to report that in the last couple of days
> Wikimedia UK has signed theLyon Declaration on Access to Information and
> Development <http://www.lyondeclaration.org/>I believe this is an
> important statement for us to make, underscoring our belief that:
> "increasing access to information and knowledge across society, assisted by
> the availability of information and communications technologies (ICTs),
> supports sustainable development and improves people’s lives."
>
>  The second policy item for update is the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy> position paper on copyright
> reform
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright>.
>  Wikimedia UK has now signed this paper, joining several other European
> chapters and other open knowledge organisations. This work is important on
> a European level as collectively the FKAGEU is making a strong case for
> copyright reform favourable to the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement.
> The main areas of interest the group is working on are harmonisation of
> freedom of panorama across the EU to the most liberal model, the public
> domain licensing of publicly funded works, and the right to use orphan
> works.  What is particularly pleasing is that there is a variety of
> non-Wikimedia organisations now participating in this work. I hope that in
> time the work of the growing FKAGEU will begin to link up with the work of
> the Open Coalition to further amplify our voice and empower our sector.
>
>  If you'd like to know more, please do contact me directly or reply to the
> list and I will respond.
>
>  Thanks and regards,
>
>  Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] Lyon Declaration and position paper on copyright reform

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to give you all a brief update on a couple of advocacy-related
matters. I'm really happy to report that in the last couple of days
Wikimedia UK has signed theLyon Declaration on Access to Information and
Development <http://www.lyondeclaration.org/>I believe this is an important
statement for us to make, underscoring our belief that: "increasing access
to information and knowledge across society, assisted by the availability
of information and communications technologies (ICTs), supports sustainable
development and improves people’s lives."

The second policy item for update is the Free Knowledge Advocacy Group EU
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy> position paper on copyright
reform
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Position_Paper_on_EU_Copyright>.
 Wikimedia UK has now signed this paper, joining several other European
chapters and other open knowledge organisations. This work is important on
a European level as collectively the FKAGEU is making a strong case for
copyright reform favourable to the Wikimedia and open knowledge movement.
The main areas of interest the group is working on are harmonisation of
freedom of panorama across the EU to the most liberal model, the public
domain licensing of publicly funded works, and the right to use orphan
works.  What is particularly pleasing is that there is a variety of
non-Wikimedia organisations now participating in this work. I hope that in
time the work of the growing FKAGEU will begin to link up with the work of
the Open Coalition to further amplify our voice and empower our sector.

If you'd like to know more, please do contact me directly or reply to the
list and I will respond.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Quirky Wikipedia articles

[Stevie Benton]

Thanks everyone, very helpful!

On 9 October 2014 17:10, Michael Peel  wrote:

> Hi Stevie,
>
> If you haven’t yet seen:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
> then that would be a good place for participants to start from.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 9 Oct 2014, at 15:05, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
>
> As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science
> Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky
> Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo>
>  (etc)
> and Toilet paper orientation
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are
> odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the
> session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual
> Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm
> looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if
> you have any suggestions please do let me know!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Quirky Wikipedia articles

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone.

As a part of a project that we're developing to participate in the Science
Museum Lates event in November, I'm looking for a selection of quirky
Wikipedia articles - think Buffalo buffalo
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo>
(etc)
and Toilet paper orientation
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation>, those that are
odd but still have some academic or scientific merit. Participants in the
session will be selecting some of their favourite lines from unusual
Wikipedia articles and putting them together to create found poetry. I'm
looking for some of the quirkier articles that might be fun for this, so if
you have any suggestions please do let me know!

Thank you,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

[Stevie Benton]

I'd also say that a noisy pub isn't the most welcoming of venues for people
new to the movement as well.

On 22 September 2014 12:55, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On 22 September 2014 12:52, Jonathan Cardy <
> jonathan.ca...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>
>  But while a meetup is a great place for a five minute lesson on a tool
>> like hotcat, or a 5 minute chat about a specific problem, a noisy pub isn't
>> a suitable venue for an hour long training session for a new editor.
>>
>> Indeed. Another point worth thinking about.
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

[Stevie Benton]

Not sure how it would work on a donor level - maybe Katherine or Stuart may
have some thoughts - but I can certainly send something to an appropriate
Manchester outlet. Is the Manchester Evening News still the go to outlet up
there?

Regarding the Manchester meet, would you be happy to offer training and a
welcome to newbies that come on the day?

Thank you,

Stevie

On 18 September 2014 19:03, Michael Peel  wrote:

> This is definitely a great idea, well done. :-) I think the last time that
> local ads were tried for events was back in 2010 with Britain Loves
> Wikipedia at the Postal Museum and Archive, which worked really well.
>
> Another option is for WMUK to invite local donors to come along to them -
> I think this might have been done before, but I can’t recall whether it was
> a success or not. Perhaps we could give this a go for the Manchester
> wikimeet on the 27th?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
> On 18 Sep 2014, at 10:54, David Gerard  wrote:
>
> > I noticed this:
> >
> http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge-host-Wikipedia-website-8216-Wikimeet/story-22945215-detail/story.html
> >
> > Just a short local press story noting there's a wikimeet happening.
> >
> > It strikes me that wikimeets in general might be worth sending press
> > releases about. Get interested members of the general public (i.e. our
> > readers) along. Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > - d.
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimeets in the papers - worth publicising?

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Sure. I can send you some welcome booklets and annual reviews, too. I'll
make sure they get sent today.

On 18 September 2014 12:25, Charles Matthews <
charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On 18 September 2014 11:08, Jon Davies 
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>> Great stuff - well done all. Hope it doesn't rain.
>>
>> It occurs to me to ask for cheatsheets in the post. Charles
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: FW: Heritage and Culture Open Data Challenge - Invite for ALBs to Roundtable and Workshop (9th & 20th October)

[Stevie Benton]

ss for this session, please email briony.phill...@theodi.org if
you have a specific dataset that you would like to be highlighted in the
challenge guide.

Many thanks in advance

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[Wikimediauk-l] National Archives files released under 70 year rule

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I thought this story from the BBC might be of interest. It's about how the
National Archives have just released a batch of files from 1944 under the
70 year rule.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29231936

Does anyone have a good relationship with the National Archives? Wikimedia
UK can help if anyone is interested in developing a project.

Thanks and regards,

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Open Access Week

[Stevie Benton]

Great idea Martin. Copying in John Byrne and Andy Mabbett, the two
Wikimedians in Residence in question, as they may have something to add.
Also Bekka Kahn, co-ordinator of the Open Coalition, as she might have some
thoughts too.

On 16 September 2014 12:27, Martin Poulter  wrote:

> I'm very open to doing a guest blog post on the theme on open access. It
> would be nice if in time for that week we could get a few different posts
> together from academic Wikipedians. I'll see what I can do. Can we nudge
> CRUK/ Royal Society/ RSC ? Failing that, we could consider reposting or
> transcribing the OA-related sessions from Wikimania to remind people just
> how good they were.
>
> On 11 September 2014 14:41, geni  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 11 September 2014 10:48, Stevie Benton > > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All ideas welcome.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Tricky. The traditional approach is featured articles but it is unlikely
>> one could be created in time.
>>
>> Might be able to get something like
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrogramma_enigmatica_sp._nov
>> .,_holotype.png
>>
>> or
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Multiple_Dendrogramma.png
>>
>> Through featured pictures mind.
>>
>> A talk on what open access journals are out there that wikipedians could
>> cite might be of interest (PLOS one is great but it isn't my field).
>>
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[Wikimediauk-l] Padmini Ray Murray steps down from Wikimedia UK Board

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK today announces that Padmini Ray Murray is to step down from
the charity's Board of Trustees. She will be taking a new position teaching
digital humanities at Shristi School of Art, Design and Technology
<http://www.srishti.ac.in/> in Bangalore.

Padmini joined the board of Wikimedia UK in November 2013 and brought with
her an excellent skill set and great enthusiasm and expertise. Her final
day as a trustee will be Thursday 18 September.

Michael Maggs, Chair of Wikimedia UK, said: “On behalf of the Board I would
like to thank Padmini for all of her efforts and support during her time as
a trustee of the charity. We all wish her the very best for the future.”

Work is ongoing to appoint a replacement for Padmini which the Board is
confident will be completed soon.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Interested in cinema?

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

We have a great event coming up for anyone interested in the cinema-going
experience - a backstage pass event at the Cinema Museum.

The event takes place on Saturday 11 October and everyone is welcome. Take
a look at the event page here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Cinema_Museum_Back_Stage_Pass

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[Wikimediauk-l] Open Access Week

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Open Access Week <http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about> is coming up
soon, from 20-26 October. Does anyone have any ideas about how we might
participate in this event, or help to promote the important idea of open
access?

All ideas welcome.

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wiki Love Monuments?

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Gordo,

Yes, Michael Maggs sent out a message about Wiki Loves Monuments to this
list last week.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 29 August 2014 22:05, Gordon Joly  wrote:

>
>
>
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> Saw a Facebook post... was "Wiki Love Monuments" mentioned here?
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] The GLAM-Wiki Revolution now online

[Stevie Benton]

Well done Joe and Rock drum. I know how hard you worked on this and the end
result is excellent. Congratulations on an excellent job!

Stevie


On 15 August 2014 18:03, Michael Maggs  wrote:

> I watched this today for the first time. Thank you - it is a really
> excellent piece of work.
>
> Best regards
>
> Michael
>
> 
> Michael Maggs
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>
> On 15 August 2014 at 17:39:05, Joe Sutherland (jrbsutherl...@gmail.com)
> wrote:
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> As a lot of you will probably know, myself and User:Rock drum spent July
> making a documentary on GLAM in the UK, focused on Wikimedians in Residence
> at various institutions. It’s now available to watch in full on both
> YouTube and Wikimedia Commons.
>
>  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNT16gqHyo>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlNT16gqHyo
>  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_GLAM-Wiki_Revolution.webm
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>  Hope you enjoy!
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> Thanks,
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New overlaying website is live

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you everyone for the constructive comments so far. I can't promise I
will act on them immediately due to Wikimania but I will look at them as
soon as I can.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 8 August 2014 11:42, Pat Hadley  wrote:

> Love it. Nice clean design - welcoming and professional.
>
> Just one niggle - the images are all loading REALLY slowly for me
>
> Otherwise - congrats to all involved!
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Simon Knight  wrote:
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>> Debugging issue
>> A redirect has been created (I assume a .htaccess one). The old links
>> were of the form:
>> https://wiki.wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room
>> This is directing to:
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wiki/Engine_room
>>
>> Rather than:
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Engine_room
>>
>> Thanks
>> Simon
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
>> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel
>> Sent: 08 August 2014 09:54
>> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] New overlaying website is live
>>
>> Hi Stevie,
>>
>> Unsurprisingly, I really don't like it. :-(
>>
>> But more seriously: it breaches WMUK's privacy policy by giving
>> information about visitors to the site directly to Google and Youtube (and
>> also the WMF, but that's less of an issue). It also doesn't link to the
>> privacy policy, though, so maybe it doesn't apply to this website?
>>
>> Additionally, you are breaching the terms of the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license by
>> your use of my photo at:
>> https://wikimedia.org.uk/activity/culture/
>> without attribution, and without linking to the appropriate license.
>> Please fix that within the 30 days grace period described in the license
>> text.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> On 8 Aug 2014, at 09:20, Stevie Benton 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I'm very happy to report that Wikimedia UK's new overlay website is
>> live. Just to reiterate that this is intended for people new to our work
>> and encountering us for the first time. Experienced Wikimedians and our
>> community are not the primary audience for this. But I'd like to know what
>> you think, so please do take a look.
>> >
>> > https://wikimedia.org.uk/
>> >
>> > I expect there are refinements needed and I have spotted a couple
>> myself but on the whole I am happy with it. I hope you like it.
>> >
>> > Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this, especially Emmanul
>> Engelhart and Tom Morton for their enormous patience and great skill.
>> >
>> > Stevie
>> >
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[Wikimediauk-l] New overlaying website is live

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I'm very happy to report that Wikimedia UK's new overlay website is live.
Just to reiterate that this is intended for people new to our work and
encountering us for the first time. Experienced Wikimedians and our
community are not the primary audience for this. But I'd like to know what
you think, so please do take a look.

https://wikimedia.org.uk/

I expect there are refinements needed and I have spotted a couple myself
but on the whole I am happy with it. I hope you like it.

Huge thanks to everyone who helped on this, especially Emmanul Engelhart
and Tom Morton for their enormous patience and great skill.

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[Wikimediauk-l] Recruiting a programme intern (paid)

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I write to let you know that Wikimedia UK has just begun recruiting for a
paid intern to join our programme team for three months.

The main focus of the role will be to organise and support the delivery of
Wikimedia gender gap related events, particularly Women in Science
editathons, focusing on Ada Lovelace October celebrations. We would
particularly welcome applicants with an understanding of, and experience
of, our mission.

You can see full details of the role here -
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Programme_intern - and the closing date is
5pm on Monday 18 August. We do hope that you will apply, or share the
details with your networks.

Thanks and regards,

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[Wikimediauk-l] She must be Wiki editathon - nice write up

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

I've just come across a good blog post about last week's "She must be Wiki
<https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/SHE_MUST_BE_WIKI:_Feminist_Film_Wiki-a-thon>"
editathon about feminist film. Sounds like everyone enjoyed the event, but
that some of the content they created fell a little foul of notability
guidelines.

The blog post is here -
http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2014/08/ICA_feminist_Wiki-a-thon

Thank you to the trainers who helped out on the day (the event page says
EdwardX and LoopZilla) - it sounds like they are enthused enough to have
another event, so well done everyone involved.

Stevie

PS if any editors feel like helping them with their notability issues, then
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Google consultation on right to be forgotten

[Stevie Benton]

Hi Simon et al,

I shared a couple of thoughts on the talk page at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Talk:Google_right_to_be_forgotten_consultation
- keen to help here wherever I can.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 26 July 2014 11:52, Simon Knight  wrote:

> This may be of interest to some individuals, and/or Wikimedia UK might want
> to make representations. Deadline August 11th (ish).
> Simon
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 00:39:00 +0200
> From: Ren? K?nig 
> To: 
> Subject: [re-search] Google asks for comments concerning the "right to
> be  forgotten"
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>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Google is gathering opinions and expertise on the ?right to be forgotten?
> in
> an online consultation. This is also a chance to become an expert speaker
> in
> one of their consultation meetings. I don?t know how serious Google will
> take these but I think it might be an interesting opportunity to actively
> interfere:
>
> https://services.google.com/fb/forms/advisorycouncilcomments/
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Ren?
>
>
>
> ?
>
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>
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[Wikimediauk-l] A Wikimedian approach to developing digital democracy

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

tl:dr - Wikimedia UK and Demos are looking to community-source a submission
to the Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy and we need your help! Get
involved here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK/>

Recently the Speaker of the House of Commons established a commission
<http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/the-speaker/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy/>
to
investigate the opportunities digital technology can bring for
parliamentary democracy in the UK. This consultation is a public exercise
which attempts to explore various themes relating to digital democracy.

Wikimedia UK <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> and Demos
<http://www.demos.co.uk/>, working with Wikimedians, have been exploring
whether the norms and values of the Wikimedia community can be applied to
this kind of consultation, especially the consensus-based approach to
writing and enacting Wikipedia policy.

The experiment has been going well and led to a community-sourced
submission to the first theme which was looking at how technology can
facilitate better scrutiny of the work of Parliament. You can view this
submission here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK_(Archive_1).>.
The talk page is also worth a look as the discussion offered some really
useful insights into how the content was reached.

However, we need your help. The second theme of the consultation has now
been published and it is about digital representation. We would love for as
many people to take part in this exercise as possible. The Commission was
really appreciative of the efforts of the community first time around and
it would be great to come up with another excellent community-driven
submission. You can view the questions that are being asked, and
participate in creating the submission, here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK/>
.

A third theme will follow in the next couple of months and a similar
approach will be taken then. Finally, once the Commission closes for
submissions, Demos and Wikimedia UK will write up a comprehensive report on
the process and what we have learned which we will, of course, make
available to the community.

Thank you for any and all help, it is very much appreciated.

 Stevie
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[Wikimediauk-l] House of Lords Digital Skills Committee calls for evidence

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone.

The House of Lords has established a Digital Skills Committee and has
called for evidence. The investigation will explore how the UK can be
prepared to compete in a global digital economy, examining issues such as
whether we're developing a workforce that is appropriately skilled for the
future in jobs that may not yet exist, and how we are encouraging people of
all ages to choose careers which will benefit the future digital era. The call
for evidence can be found here
<http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/digital-skills-committee/news/digital-skills-call-for-evidence/>

Wikimedia UK should consider making a submission to this committee on this
issue. Among the many groups they are asking to submit, they include four
that are of relevance: technology companies [or charities], digital
literacy groups, civil society and lifelong learning organisations. There
is plenty of time for us to make a submission as the consultation closes on
5 September. Perhaps a burst of activity after Wikimania?

Thank you,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you Charles - I think that's exactly what I did with Harry and
Simon's help.

Speak soon,

Stevie


On 21 July 2014 12:00, Charles Matthews 
wrote:

>
> On 21 July 2014 11:07, Stevie Benton 
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> As you may have seen recently, Wikimedia UK and Demos have been working
>> with Wikimedians to pilot an attempt at crowdsourcing a submission to the
>> Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The page is on Meta, here -
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
>>
>>
>> I would like to know if it is possible to archive some of the content on
>> the page. It's not just a question of copying the content from the page and
>> placing it on a new page. I'm wondering if it is possible to archive the
>> edit histories as well.
>>
>> Any help appreciated!
>>
>>
> Normally - do a page move to the new (archived) title, so the page history
> goes to that new title. Then the old title has become a redirect. So you
> can now edit the redirect  ...
>
> If that doesn't fit the bill, I haven't quite understood the issue.
>
> Charles
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed

[Stevie Benton]

Thank you Simon, that's really useful. And thank you also to Harry
Mitchell, who came riding to the rescue! All sorted now.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 21 July 2014 11:21, Simon Knight  wrote:

> You could move the previous theme to a new page (moving it is probably
> easiest, under the ‘more’ tab to the right of ‘view history’ – perhaps to
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
> /SUBTITLE-HERE) but don’t create a redirect. Then just create a new page
> at the current URL for the new work, ideally with a link to the subpage….or
> something like that.
>
>
>
> Does that work?
>
>
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Stevie Benton
> *Sent:* 21 July 2014 11:17
>
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
> *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed
>
>
>
> The thing is, I want to keep the current URL for the ongoing work on the
> second theme (digital representation) but want a separate, archive page
> with the submission that's already been made (including history). We tried
> moving the content of the first theme to the bottom of the page but it just
> looks confusing.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stevie
>
>
>
> On 21 July 2014 11:14, Simon Knight  wrote:
>
> What do you want to do with it Stevie?
>
>
>
> You can use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export to export pages
> including their edit histories.  Might depend what you want to do though, a
> simple page move might also be fine?
>
>
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Stevie Benton
> *Sent:* 21 July 2014 11:08
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
> *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> As you may have seen recently, Wikimedia UK and Demos have been working
> with Wikimedians to pilot an attempt at crowdsourcing a submission to the
> Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The page is on Meta, here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
>
>
>
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to archive some of the content on
> the page. It's not just a question of copying the content from the page and
> placing it on a new page. I'm wondering if it is possible to archive the
> edit histories as well.
>
>
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
>
> Stevie
>
>
>
> --
>
> Stevie Benton
>
> Head of External Relations
>
> Wikimedia UK
>
> +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>
> @StevieBenton
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed

[Stevie Benton]

The thing is, I want to keep the current URL for the ongoing work on the
second theme (digital representation) but want a separate, archive page
with the submission that's already been made (including history). We tried
moving the content of the first theme to the bottom of the page but it just
looks confusing.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 21 July 2014 11:14, Simon Knight  wrote:

> What do you want to do with it Stevie?
>
>
>
> You can use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export to export pages
> including their edit histories.  Might depend what you want to do though, a
> simple page move might also be fine?
>
>
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:
> wikimediauk-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Stevie Benton
> *Sent:* 21 July 2014 11:08
> *To:* UK Wikimedia mailing list
> *Subject:* [Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed
>
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
>
>
> As you may have seen recently, Wikimedia UK and Demos have been working
> with Wikimedians to pilot an attempt at crowdsourcing a submission to the
> Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The page is on Meta, here -
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK
>
>
>
>
> I would like to know if it is possible to archive some of the content on
> the page. It's not just a question of copying the content from the page and
> placing it on a new page. I'm wondering if it is possible to archive the
> edit histories as well.
>
>
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
>
> Stevie
>
>
>
> --
>
> Stevie Benton
>
> Head of External Relations
>
> Wikimedia UK
>
> +44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
>
> @StevieBenton
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT.
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
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> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>
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[Wikimediauk-l] A bit of wiki help needed

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

As you may have seen recently, Wikimedia UK and Demos have been working
with Wikimedians to pilot an attempt at crowdsourcing a submission to the
Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy. The page is on Meta, here -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Connecting_knowledge_to_power:_the_future_of_digital_democracy_in_the_UK


I would like to know if it is possible to archive some of the content on
the page. It's not just a question of copying the content from the page and
placing it on a new page. I'm wondering if it is possible to archive the
edit histories as well.

Any help appreciated!

Stevie

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[Wikimediauk-l] Submission to Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

You might be interested to note that the work Wikimedia UK has been doing
with Demos to try and crowdsource a submission to the Speaker's Commission
on Digital Democracy has completed its first phase, resulting in a
submission on the theme of digital scrutiny. It can be seen on the
Parliament website here (PDF link)
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/speaker/digital-democracy/A_Wiki-sourced_submission_on_digital_scrutiny_to_the_Speakers_Commission_on_Digital_Democracy%20.pdf


We are currently developing work towards the second theme, which is
participation. More information will follow on this when the page is online.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] MozFest

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

For those who have never attended, I definitely recommend MozFest. It's a
really collegiate environment focused on getting things done. It's where
the Open Coalition was "founded" and there's a really good atmosphere.

Enjoy!

Stevie


On 3 July 2014 13:53, Simon Knight  wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Just to let you know, the MozFest proposals form is now live at
> http://2014.mozillafestival.org/propose/ for October 24-26.
>
>
>
> I was considering putting in a proposal for something around “Open
> Impact”, thinking about open data, charities, and measuring impact (open to
> suggestions/support) and similarities/differences in Mozilla/Wikimedia and
> others.  I’m sure there are plenty of MozFest relevant Wikimedia things to
> be proposed! :-)
>
>
>
> Piggybacking an email – if you’re going to Wikimania by London Midland
> train you might want to check the service
> <http://www.londonmidland.com/about-us/latest-news/#/pressreleases/london-midland-announces-travel-plans-for-august-closures-1014527>
> .
>
>
>
> Best
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Media training opportunity Saturday

[Stevie Benton]

Hello again,

I have one more space available. If you're interested, please let me know
by the end of the day.

Thank you,

Stevie


On 2 July 2014 11:13, Stevie Benton  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Wikimedia UK is hosting a media training session this Saturday in the
> London office. The training will be delivered by a former BBC radio
> reported and presenter and is very interactive.
>
> Due to late cancellations, there are two spaces available. The session
> starts promptly at 9.30am (with coffee from 9) and will last until around
> 5.30.
>
> If you would like to come along, please do email me off list and I will
> reserve you a space. First come, first served.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> Stevie
>
> --
>
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>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and 
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered 
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. 
> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia 
> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who 
> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over 
> Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>
>


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Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

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[Wikimediauk-l] Media training opportunity Saturday

[Stevie Benton]

Hello everyone,

Wikimedia UK is hosting a media training session this Saturday in the
London office. The training will be delivered by a former BBC radio
reported and presenter and is very interactive.

Due to late cancellations, there are two spaces available. The session
starts promptly at 9.30am (with coffee from 9) and will last until around
5.30.

If you would like to come along, please do email me off list and I will
reserve you a space. First come, first served.

Thanks and regards,

Stevie

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Stevie Benton
Head of External Relations
Wikimedia UK
+44 (0) 20 7065 0993 / +44 (0) 7803 505 173
@StevieBenton

Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a
global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the
Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).

*Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal
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[Wikimediauk-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: New Free Accounts Available

[Stevie Benton]

Of interest?
-- Forwarded message --
From: "Jake Orlowitz" 
Date: 19 Jun 2014 22:01
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] The Wikipedia Library: New Free Accounts Available
To: "Wikimedia & Libraries" , "North
American Cultural Partnerships" , <
cultural-partn...@wikimedia.ch>, 
Cc:

The Wikipedia Library has new, free research account signups available:

New
* British Newspaper Archive  (50 accounts)
* Keesing's World News Archive  (25 accounts)

Expanded
* Credo Reference  (200 new accounts)
* JSTOR!!  (400 new accounts).

Medical
* BMJ  (25 accounts)
* Cochrane Library  (100 accounts)

Other
*Questia Online Library 
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